American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 55, Issue 6 , Pages 992-1000 , June 2010

Poverty, Race, and CKD in a Racially and Socioeconomically Diverse Urban Population

  • Deidra C. Crews, MD, ScM

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Deidra C. Crews, MD, ScM, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 4940 Eastern Ave, B Bldg, Rm 208, Baltimore, MD 21224
    • ,
  • Raquel F. Charles, MD, MHS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
    • ,
  • Michele K. Evans, MD

      Affiliations

    • National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
    • ,
  • Alan B. Zonderman, PhD

      Affiliations

    • National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
    • ,
  • Neil R. Powe, MD, MPH, MBA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco and San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA

Received 24 June 2009 ,Accepted 10 December 2009.

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 Originally published online as doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.12.032 on March 8, 2010.

 Because the Editor-in-Chief recused himself from consideration of this manuscript, the Deputy Editor (Daniel E. Weiner, MD, MS) served as Acting Editor-in-Chief. Details of the journal's procedures for potential editor conflicts are given in the Editorial Policies section of the AJKD website.

PII: S0272-6386(10)00035-1

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.12.032

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 55, Issue 6 , Pages 992-1000 , June 2010

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